New-York tribune., 1887-04-24

and secefve many na&hsfy summonA Having hagzl9
d.ssssd. went down stairs to the mont door. nj
rieht VS. black, ths wind blsw hercsly and sel4
rain eams down 10 resistless seas looked out int
the street, but could II after O'Clock.
. l. thsre messenger here " asked.
sYsssum," piped . thin, shrill voice, and ther@
huddled up in the vosti6uie 81" poor tiny hall.
eos to the street-lamf, and took hold of his hand
quite anecsonately
Being on the street at O'Clock at night With ss.
euger boy looks odd. When we got to Sixth-avs,
saw three well-soaked-thst word Is used referring
to the rain, but Its other application would be equally
accurate -dudes coming along in hilarious mood. !
started the street to avoid them and got into
deluge of water. They roared with laughter, and
called upon Emma to whoa in drunken good.
humor I saw their faces well and mine. of course
wss veiled. Last week / met oue of them at hie
mothers reception. He was perfect gentleman and
oharmingly attentive How little mothers know -
their sons in this gilded town
My little escort highly indignant
9Douoher min EN-" he said "Dey links dere
toughs but dey amt no good. Ef We had time be-
could lick do hull of EN-" felt quite safe In sucA
valiant hands 80
Pretty soon we met policeman who eyed me with
keen suspicion.
aZat you, Nosey" my little friend asked.
swhy, hello, Timp replied the officer.
GDis LAWS o. K, Nosey,D said Tim. Dis lady'g
Doctor" Theu he explained tpat de copper wag
o friend of his We arrived safely at the hospital
after that.
Tbers ia one smart young man In Now York in whose
debt feel I'll live to pay him back. lie is one Of
tho assistant surgeons ct the Ophthalmic Hospital
where We 90 to attend lectures ohoe week One day
whle there o patient oame In. Ladies'" said this
smart young man, here is patient whom we have
had here once before Look at his eye and diagnoss
the case. We all gazed on the mans eye. One OF us
said that the pupil contracted; another that he
had irts said that his lett eye seemed to b
further out from his head than the right eye; fourtA
lakad nd hat ha al
conjunotivitis.
sThe gentleman has glass eye" said this smart
young assistant.
One OF tho sAddes oases have ever seen came under
my observation at this Ophthalmo Hospital little
girl into the dspensary leading her small brother
by the hand and carrying mite of baby in hen arms
The girl could have been day eight Of
ago and tho boy was not more than fve he was
almost blind. One eye was gone entirely aud from
the other sight fast dying out All the children
were sicky and wretched, afflicted from their birth
The surgeons carefully examined the little boy. and
that anything like recovery was almost hopeless
At the time there was bare possibility OF check
ing the worst phases OF his disease by long and per-
haps paiuful treatment. II necessary that hs
should be constantly oonfred in daik room for sew.
eral weeks They explained all this to his sister and
said she must leave him there with them.
"Oh, can't do that" she said {" lie couldn't live
without me-"
aYoud better ask your mother about It," suggested
al amt got none,' replied the poor little wali
Her an my father ID both dead. Thors aint nons
lett but U.s."
"Who takes care OF you'll"
/ does"
"What, youi"
@Yesr"
@Howl"
81 cleans Offices lives wild Mrs. Duly. who takas
in washin'. She has q room In O tenement and has
a OF her room. takes dis un "-indicaung the
baby" and Dickey down to the Children's Nursery
in Avenue-A every mornn an leaves 'em dere while
goes an cleans Offices Den comes back at night an
gets EN-"
And there are hundreds of Just suoh miserable chill
dren within the sound of every church-bell in New
York, born with q curse upon them and predoomed to
lite utter and SIM Death Is their best friend,
their surest and almost their only one.
Nothing could induce this little girl to leave her
brother ut the hospital The poor people look upon
the surgeons with nameess dread, aud think thai
abandoning q child to their tender mercies is equiv
alent to handin. him over to the Morgue-keepers
Good-natured mammas aud benevolent elderly gen.
emen have often said to with profound sympathy:
My child, how in the world little girl like you
endure such sights as you must witness ct the hos
pitalsf The answer to this Is that we do not allow
volyed in an operation We girls have the privilege Of
attending the New York Hospital on certain daya
Three OF US were there recently when an extremely
nice operation was performed upon man from wuoss
side pieces OF broken ribs had to DO removed. 1t
a bloody case. The surgeons knife needed to sever
several arteries, and IL touched them the blood
gushcd from the patient streams The heat OF the
room which of had to he kept very warm. aud
tho odor OF ether and oarbolic acid terribly op
pressye just in front OF US girls sat three youths
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Their
faces like white paper, and when particularly
sharp incIson caused stream of blood TO hy upward
vt them keeled over and carried out In a faint
rhe other two presently followed falling down like
logs | am proud to say that We girls watched the
operation to the very end.